Figurine of a Woman Wearing a Bird Headdress and Cape
Unidentified Maya maker
Pre-Columbian
Terracotta with red pigment
Overall: 5 13/16 × 4 5/16 × 2 9/16 in. (14.8 × 11 × 6.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ritchie Cornelius Smith, Class of 1926
162.30.14805
Geography
Place Made: Mexico, North America
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 22, Olmecs, Maya, and Toltecs: Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica, Deborah Nichols, Fall 2013
Provenance
Collected by Ritchie Cornelius Smith (1904-1989), San Francisco, California, date unknown; given to present collection, 1962.
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